Title: Dynamic Participatory Game Design with Local AI: From Interviews to Trauma-Aware Interactive Narratives Authors: Kseniia Harshina, Tom Tucek, Mathias Lux Location: TextStory 2026 – Delft, The Netherlands, March 2026 Abstract: We present a work-in-progress, trauma-aware participatory storytelling pipeline that uses a locally hosted large language model (LLM) as a neutral chatbot interviewer. The system supports self-paced […]
On Thursday, February 26, 2026. Kurt successfully defended his PhD thesis (Service Discovery in the Computing Continuum) under the supervision of Prof. Radu Prodan and Dr. Dragi Kimovski. The defense was chaired by Assoc.-Prof. DI Dr Klaus Schöffmann and the examiners were Prof. Valeria Cardellini (online) and Prof. Karin Anna Hummel (on-site). We are pleased […]
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications [PDF] Authors: Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria), Maria Martini (Kingston University London, UK), Ali C. Begen (Ozyegin University, Türkiye), Luca De Cicco (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Abstract: This special issue presents recent advances in multimedia systems research showcased at ACM Multimedia Systems 2024 and its co-located workshops. The […]
Ttitle: Tell Your Story Through Games (TYS): Preliminary Guidelines for Mixed-Migrant Participatory Game Jams Conference: The 3rd Geogames Symposium (3GGS) – Iowa, USA Authors: Kseniia Harshina Abstract: Migration-themed games are often framed as “empathy machines,” inviting outsiders to temporarily inhabit another’s hardship. This framing can slide into identity tourism and reinforce the trope of the “helpless […]
Title: Pleasure Not For Everyone: Epistemic Injustice Towards Ukrainian Game Studies Conference: 17th Annual DiGRA Conference Authors: Kseniia Harshina, Mark Maletska Abstract: Calls for playfulness in research often emphasize joy and learning, yet play and games can also exclude and harm minoritized participants—including within academia. In game studies, debates on diversity and postcoloniality have grown, but they still tend […]
Conference: International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2026), April 8-11, 2026, London, UK Paper-Title: SAM-Fed: SAM-Guided Federated Semi-Supervised Learning for Medical Image Segmentation. Authors: Sahar Nasirihaghighi, Negin Ghamsarian, Yiping Li, Marcel Breeuwer, Raphael Sznitman, and Klaus Schoeffmann Abstract: Medical image segmentation is clinically important, yet data privacy and the cost of expert annotation limit the availability of labeled […]
Paper title: ELLMPEG: An Edge-based Agentic LLM Video Processing Tool Authors: Zoha Azimi, Reza Farahani, Radu Prodan, Christian Timmerer Venue: MMSys’26, The 17th ACM Multimedia System Conference, Hong Kong SAR, 4th – 8th April 2026 Abstract: Large language models (LLMs), the foundation of generative AI systems like ChatGPT, are transforming many fields and applications, including multimedia, enabling more advanced content […]
December 19-21, 2025 Organized by: Tom Tucek, Patrick Mieslinger With help from: Bodo Thausing, Kristell Potocnik, Agon Guri With 63 participants and 15 submitted games, this year’s winter game jam has concluded just before the winter holidays. Students, teachers, alumni, and even individuals not directly affiliated with the university came together to create new video games from scratch, […]
On 14.11.2025, Farzad Tashtarian defended his habilitation thesis “Network-Assisted Adaptive Streaming: Toward Optimal QoE through System Collaboration” Congratulations! Committee members: Prof. Martin Pinzger (Chairperson), Prof. Oliver Hohlfeld (external member), Prof. Bernhard Rinner, Prof. Angelika Wiegele, Prof. Chitchanok Chuengsatiansup, MSc Zoha Azimi Ourimi, Dr. Alice Tarzariol, Kateryna Taranov, and Gregor Lammer
Authors: Samira Afzal (Baylor University), Narges Mehran (Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH), Farzad Tashtarian (AAU, Austria), Andrew C. Freeman (Baylor University), Radu Prodan (University of Innsbruck), Christian Timmerer (AAU, Austria) Venue: IEEE VCIP 2025, December 1 – December 4, 2025, Klagenfurt, Austria Abstract: The environmental impact of video streaming is gaining more attention due to its growing share in […]